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IN ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN OFF RIM OF MOVING BUCKET EE MISJUDGEN AND OVER REACHED. RIGHT ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BUCKET AND BUCKETWELL SKIDS. SUSTAINING A PINCTURE WOUND AND ABRASIONS OF RIGHT ARM. SUSTURES REQUIRED.
EE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED VIA #2 SINKING BUCKET FROM THE 900 LEVEL TO THE GALLOWAY, WHEN THE BUCKET ALLEGEDLY HUNG UP AT THE TOP OF GALLOWAY NEAR THE SHAFT BOTTOM. THE BUCKET THEN FELL TO THE S HAFT BOTTOM. EE SUSTAINED MULTIPLE FRACTURE.
EE WAS STATIONED ON GALLOWAY AS SIGNALMAN AND HAD GIVEN SIGNAL TO LOWER BUCKET. HE LEANED OVER GUARD RAIL OBSERVING MEN IN BOTTOM AND WAS STRUCK BY PASSING BUCKET AS IT PROCEEDED THROUGH GALLO WAY. THE FORCE OF BUCKET STRIKING HIS HEAD, DROVE FACE INTO GUARD RAIL.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING DOWN IN THE BUCKET TO THE SHAFT BOTTOM. WHEN THE BUCKET LANDED ON THE BOTTOM IT TIPPED TO THE SIDE ON UNEVEN GROUND CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STEP OFF BALANCE JAMMING HIS FOOT ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUCKET.